4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2010.

Crown Milano Ewer

Manufacturer Mt. Washington Glass Co. (American, New Bedford, MA)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1894

MediumGlass | Gilt

DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
Base: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

InscribedMarked in its center with rust enamel: with a crown and laurel leaves around this and underneath 1006.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.5040

On View

On view

DescriptionBulbous shaped ewer of glossy Crown Milano opal glass. Enameled with a scene of a young man helping a young woman from a sedan chair, in 17th century dress. On the reverse, figures walking in a country scene. Top and bottom have a thick gilt scroll and a floral design. Attached gilt leaf-like handle. Polished pontil.

Exhibition History"Mount Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties," Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, May 19 - December 31, 2011.Published ReferencesBetty B. Sisk, _Mt. Washington Art Glass plus Webb Burmese Identification and Value Guide_ (Kentucky: Collector Books, 2003), 211. Kenneth M. Wilson and Jane Shadel Spillman, _Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass_, Volume 2, exh. cat., The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2011, 93, fig. 15-4.